Exact date Storm Ciaran to swoop into Scotland as Met Office warns of three days of floods & torrential rain

STORM Ciaran is set to batter Scotland this week with torrential rain causing flooding and travel disruption.

The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings as the 85mph storm sweeps across the country.

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A yellow alert for rain is in place across southwest, central and eastern Scotland.

And it is in place from 3am early on Wednesday morning and will last until 3pm.

Forecasters have warned that flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely as heavy rain makes an impact.

Bus and train services will most likely be affected with journey times taking longer, and spray and flooding on roads will make journey times longer.

A number of areas in the central belt are affected by the warning inlcuding Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Grampian, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire are also covered by the alert.

The full impact of Storm Ciaran will be felt on Thursday in the UK.

Concern then switches to the southeast of the country, when an area south of Edinburgh has been handed another yellow rain warning.

Heavy rain associated with the storm could bring some disruption to northeast England and southeast Scotland.

Here, there is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, power cuts could occur and some communities could be cut off.

The second warning is in place from 6am on Thursday until 6am on Friday.

Scottish areas affected by this are East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council and the Scottish Borders.

The Met Office said: “Periods of heavy rain associated with Storm Ciarán will affect parts of northeast England and southeast Scotland during Thursday and early Friday.

“Rainfall amounts are likely to reach 20-30 mm widely, with 40-60 mm accumulating over high ground, including the Cheviots, North Pennines and North York Moors.

“Strong easterly winds, becoming northerly by Friday morning, will accompany the rainfall, possibly exacerbating any impacts.”

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